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cn coin 7653

Connected to Type

CN Type 6776 🔍

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Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 300-250 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Griffin lying left, forepaws raised, with feathered wings, tail curling and closed beak.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΕΠΙ Η-ΡΟΓ-ΕΙΤΟ-ΝΟΣ
Design
Laureate head of Apollo, right; within linear square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Herogeiton II (Abdera) 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
Hemiobol 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 19 mm / Min: 18 mm
Weight
5.32 g
Axis
4
Owner

BBAW, Berlin, de ❐

Provenience: SHH 5640; Gitbud & Naumann Pecunem 15 (06.04.2014) 31

Literature

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 99, nr. 182 ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 243-247, nr. 343-389 ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 243-247, nr. 343-389 (1st half of the 3rd c. BC)  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 99, nr. 182 ❐

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cn coin 7653, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_7653 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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